boule

Meanings

Noun

• One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
• A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
• A round loaf of bread.
• A round piece of dough.
• A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
• Alternative of buhl
• A council of citizens in Ancient Greece

Verb

• To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.

Origin

• From French boule. bull, and bulla.
• Alteration of Boulle. See buhl.
• Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλή.